I get a variety of magazines every month--and I ACTUALLY read them. There is Time, (to keep me informed,) People, (because I'm nosy,) a couple of "women's" magazines, (because I'm, well...) three, yes THREE, computer mags, and mental_floss. I used to get more, but decided to downsize--there are, after all, only so many hours in each day!
mental_floss is a magazine of trivia. But it isn't presented in the normal way trivia is; i.e., as lists of facts. The style is very informative, educational, and a bit snarky, but thoroughly enjoyable. It really is the best $21.97 I spend every year. The biggest problem I have with the mag is that it only comes out 6 times a year. It is absolute hell waiting for the next issue to arrive, as I devour the issues as soon as I get them. Happily, they have a website where I can get my daily dose of trivia AND their daily quiz, which I usually fail. Anyone who professes to be a "knowledge junky" should go to the site and enjoy. And, just maybe, if enough people subscribe, the mag MAY start being a monthly! I can dream, can't I?
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ReplyDeleteI think I may subscribe to that mag once I move, since I so enjoy the tidbits you sometimes post :)
I love trivia. It's names that I can't remember. I have to look at my driver's license just to remind me of who I am.
ReplyDeleteI thought "Mental Floss" was a Jimmy Buffet tune? ~ jb///
ReplyDeletecantellya: It definitely is a good read--I think you will enjoy it.
ReplyDeletedoug: I would look in the mirror to remember who I am, but the last time I did I saw my mother looking back at me. I screamed.
lz: You are right, Jimmy Buffet has a song by that name. (I had to look it up, cause I had NO idea. :))
mental_floss blog coming in june! daily content....
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